Whale oil was an essential fuel of the Industrial Revolution, used to lubricate machinery, soften fabric and light city ...

TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan ...

An 11th Circuit panel waded deep into the waters of history to decide whether the actions of a disobedient captain turned La ...

The Museum of the City of New York is launching a new investigation into the remains of a vessel found beneath lower ...

A portion of the sale proceeds supports a historical marker on Barker's Island commemorating the shipwreck 50 years ago.

In 2024, a schoolboy was out for a jog on the Scottish island of Sanday when he found the remains of a centuries-old shipwreck. After 18 months of investigation by archeologists and local historians, ...

The wreck was discovered in February 2024 after a storm swept away sand covering it on Sanday, one of the rugged Orkney ...

When a schoolboy going for a run found the ribs of a wooden ship poking through the dunes of a remote Scottish beach, it ...

Archaeologists solve mystery of 250-year-old shipwreck found on Scottish island - Researchers say they have uncovered the identity of a 1700s vessel shipwrecked in Orkney ...